Procurement Innovation Toolbox

On this page you will find a list of useful links and tools related to EU activities on innovation procurement.

Overview PCP & PPI callsis a useful powerpoint that provides information about Horizon2020 Funding for innovations procurement. You can also find more information about this funding on the European Commission’s website here. At the bottom of this page you can access template tender documents provided by the EU for implementing PCPs and PPIs.

The Commission’s new e-competence centeron public procurement gives access to several tools and information which help public buyers get value for money and better policy outcomes for citizens.

Innovation Procurement toolkit Module 1 (for policy makers), Module 2 (for decision makers in public procurer organisations) and Module 3 (for the procurement officer/legal person implementing innovation procurements) are particularly interesting and free to consult on the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement website.You can also find 12 videos about how different procurers and companies experienced innovation procurements and what benefits it brought for them.

Read this studyon benchmarking the strategic use of public procurement for stimulating innovation in the digital economy across Europe.

PIANOo, an Expertise Centre for Public Procurement in Netherlands developed a toolbox innovation procurement for the InnProBio project (project that stimulates the procurement of innovative biobased products). The focus is on biobased, but the instruments are widely applicable as only minor references are made towards biobased.